Local School's Trademark Application Sidetracked by AOL

The Times-Picayune reports that Grantham University, a Slidell-based university that has 5,000 students enrolled in Internet correspondece classes, has run into trouble trying to trademark a new slogan, "America's Online University." The school has operated for 50 years in relative obscurity, so the attention resulting from AOL's objection to the proposed trademark provides some welcome attention to the enterprise. "If all of this sheds a little light on what we're doing, then that's wonderful," said spokesman Jason Maloni. The school has withdrawn the application, rather than fight with AOL.

Posted by AJR at October 15, 2003 09:16 AM